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Patented July I, I902. N. TEMPLE.

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(Application filed Feb. 18, 1902.)

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ATEENT NETTIE TEMPLE, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 703,852, dated July 1,1902. Application filed February 18, 1902. Serial No. 94,594. (Nomodel.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, NETTIE TEMPLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corsets, ofwhich the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in corsets; and it consists in acertain peculiar construction the novelty, -utility, andadvantages ofwhich will be fully understood from the following description and claimwhen taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich-Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a corset embodying my invention as itappears when open and readyto be applied to the body; Fig. 2, anenlarged rear elevation, partly in section, illustrating the lacing-tabsat the waist-line of the corsetin their proper relative positions; andFig; 3, a transverse section on a slightly-enlarged scale, taken in theplane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of theviews of the drawings, referring to which- A A are the sections of myimproved corset,

which may be and preferably are of the ordi-' nary construction exceptin the particulars hereinafter noted,and B is a strip of elastic webbingpermanently connected to the rear edge portions of the sections,preferably at the inner sides thereof, and interposed between said edgeportions. The rear edges of the sections A and the strip 13 are bypreference so shaped that the back of the corset will have an expansionof about two inches at its upper end, an expansion of about one andone-half inches at its lower end, and an expansion of about one inch atthe waist-line. O O are short lacing-tabs disposed at the waist-line ofthe corset and projecting laterally inward from the rear edges of thesections A. These tabs 0 in the preferred embodiment of the inventionare formed integral with the section A and, are provided adjacent totheir free vertical edges with eyelets Ct to receive a lace D andbetween the eyelets and said free edges with whalebones b, the latter toprevent the lace from tearing outof the eyelets when the corset is inuse.

E E are lacing-tabs similar in construction to the tabs 0 and located ata point intermediate of said tabs O and the upper end of the corset, andF is the'lace by which the tabs E are connected.

By virtue of the construction of my improved corset as described in theforegoing the wearer is obviously enabled to readily tighten or loosenthe corset at the waist without interfering with the adjustment at theupper end or lower end of the'corset. It will also be observed that whenthe adjacent edges of the waist-line tabs 0 are drawn together totighten the corset at the waist'the corset will be held so securely thatthe movements of the body cannot disarrange or cause its upper end andlower end to tighten over those portions of the body which requirefreedom of motion, This in conjunction with the elasticconnection'between the rear edges of the sections A renders the corsetvery comfortable to the wearer and symmetrical in appearance. Further,it will be observedthat by virtue of the lower rear corners of thesections A being free to move toward and from each other there isnothing to interfere with the adjustment of the waist-line tabs 0 andupper tabs E and nothing to exert uncomfortable pressure against theabdomen or prevent free movementof the hip of the werer.

The short'waist-line tabs 0 and the comparatively long space between theupper ends of the same and the lower ends of the upper tabs E arematerially advantageous, since they admit of the corset being laced verytight at the waist without liability of it exerting undue pressure onthe lower part of the lungs and causing discomfort and injury to thewearer.

When the tabs 0 are drawn together and connectedbythe lace D, there isno liability of the'corset being expanded at the waist by the moreviolent movements of the body at that point, and consequently noliability of strain being placed on the waist-seamsof the garment wornovert-he corset and the resulting formation of wrinkles in the garmentbetween theavaist and shoulders thereof.

I have entered into a detaileddescription of the construction andrelative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the same. I do notdesire, however, to be understood asconfining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of parts,as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fallwithin the scope of my claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-- The herein-described corset comprising sections A,the lower rear corners of which are arranged a suitable distance apartand are free to move toward and from each other, short lacing-tabsextending laterally from the rear edges of the sections at theWaist-line of my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 25 nesses.

NETTIE TEMPLE. Witnesses:

JOHN YARDLEY, JESSIE MOORE.

